Stanly County Livestock Market Report

Norwood, North Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, March 22, 2023

651 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $169.06/cwt ≈ $798/hd at 472 lb · 30 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $169.41/cwt ≈ $717/hd at 423 lb · 28 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $165.87/cwt ≈ $866/hd at 522 lb · 28 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	651	690	706
Feeder cattle	500	574	580
Slaughter cattle	143	99	115
Replacement cattle	8	17	11

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to two weeks ago: Slaughter cattle were mostly 6.00 to 8.00 higher, while feeder cattle were 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Trade and demand were active with moderate offerings. Quality of cattle was average.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	195.00	$195.00	$566	—
325–345	335	6	180.00–217.00	$204.42	$685	—
355–395	371	5	207.00–231.00	$214.40	$795	—
400–445	420	8	216.00–230.00	$223.76	$940	—
435 value added	435	1	233.00	$233.00	$1,014	—
450–480 value added	467	3	229.00–233.00	$230.99	$1,079	—
450–495	475	20	200.00–224.00	$212.95	$1,012	—
510–535	523	6	201.00–223.00	$213.21	$1,115	—
555–570 value added	560	3	219.00–223.00	$220.98	$1,237	—
550–585	564	7	190.00–215.00	$202.65	$1,143	—
650–685	667	3	174.00–196.00	$183.15	$1,222	—
705–730	719	4	159.00–171.00	$165.46	$1,190	—
765	765	1	140.00	$140.00	$1,071	—
795 value added	795	3	169.00	$169.00	$1,344	—
810 value added	810	1	157.00	$157.00	$1,272	—
875	875	1	120.00	$120.00	$1,050	—
1085	1085	1	136.00	$136.00	$1,476	—
1165	1165	1	140.00	$140.00	$1,631	—
1225	1225	1	108.00	$108.00	$1,323	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	1	159.00	$159.00	$445	—
335	335	1	175.00	$175.00	$586	—
390–395	393	2	170.00–180.00	$174.97	$688	—
440–445	443	2	191.00–201.00	$196.03	$868	—
480	480	1	180.00	$180.00	$864	—
505	505	1	196.00	$196.00	$990	—
560–590	570	7	156.00–184.00	$174.75	$996	—
650–690	670	2	154.00–168.00	$161.21	$1,080	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–375	368	2	130.00–134.00	$132.04	$486	—
400–435	413	3	128.00–152.00	$140.31	$579	—
510–520	515	2	138.00–148.00	$143.05	$737	—
550–570	558	3	148.00–150.00	$149.01	$831	—
620	620	1	110.00	$110.00	$682	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	150.00	$150.00	$368	—
260–295	274	5	140.00–152.00	$145.71	$399	—
300–345	320	22	148.00–185.00	$166.33	$532	—
350–395	371	26	150.00–184.00	$165.68	$615	—
400–445	423	28	149.00–180.00	$169.41	$717	—
450–495	471	28	150.00–177.00	$168.28	$793	—
490 value added	490	2	180.00	$180.00	$882	—
500–545	522	28	143.00–176.00	$165.87	$866	—
550–595	565	10	146.00–175.00	$163.29	$923	—
600–645	621	9	140.00–169.00	$159.19	$989	—
655–670	663	2	149.00–163.00	$156.08	$1,035	—
705–745	725	5	139.00–153.00	$146.99	$1,066	—
770–790	777	5	143.00–153.00	$148.83	$1,156	—
815	815	1	148.00	$148.00	$1,206	—
850–895	875	3	120.00–146.00	$131.77	$1,153	—
900–945	929	4	125.00–135.00	$131.52	$1,222	—
990	990	1	120.00	$120.00	$1,188	—
1080	1080	1	118.00	$118.00	$1,274	—
1165	1165	1	134.00	$134.00	$1,561	—
1380	1380	1	139.00	$139.00	$1,918	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225–235	230	3	130.00–137.50	$134.95	$310	—
270	270	1	130.00	$130.00	$351	—
315–335	325	3	126.00–130.00	$128.71	$418	—
355–390	376	5	120.00–134.00	$129.03	$485	—
420–430	425	4	119.00–146.00	$137.59	$585	—
455–495	476	4	131.00–142.00	$138.37	$659	—
515–545	532	3	127.00–139.00	$134.12	$714	—
575–595	582	3	126.00–132.00	$129.30	$753	—
600–635	613	7	120.00–134.00	$127.10	$779	—
780–790	785	2	116.00–123.00	$119.52	$938	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220	220	1	107.00	$107.00	$235	—
310	310	1	110.00	$110.00	$341	—
355–365	360	3	100.00–116.00	$105.33	$379	—
480	480	1	120.00	$120.00	$576	—
545	545	1	113.00	$113.00	$616	—
580–590	587	3	93.00–112.00	$101.68	$597	—
655–690	675	3	100.00–111.00	$106.92	$722	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430	430	1	80.00	$80.00	$344	—
465	465	1	80.00	$80.00	$372	-5.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220–245	234	4	172.50–189.00	$181.32	$424	—
265–295	281	9	170.00–190.00	$180.71	$508	—
305–345	324	8	180.00–200.00	$192.79	$625	—
350–395	374	20	200.00–225.00	$211.82	$792	—
400–445	425	13	200.00–219.00	$210.00	$892	—
450–492	474	18	190.00–218.00	$205.93	$976	—
500–535	517	10	180.00–214.00	$200.85	$1,038	—
555–585	572	12	170.00–205.00	$187.38	$1,072	—
600–625	611	7	170.00–187.00	$180.00	$1,100	—
655–695	672	6	150.00–180.00	$166.30	$1,118	—
715–720	718	2	158.00–159.00	$158.50	$1,138	—
775	775	1	147.00	$147.00	$1,139	—
855–860	858	2	137.00–148.00	$142.48	$1,222	—
1095	1095	1	130.00	$130.00	$1,424	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275–280	278	2	156.00–160.00	$158.02	$439	—
315–340	326	4	158.00–174.00	$163.16	$532	—
385–390	388	3	149.00–179.00	$162.60	$631	—
405–445	423	3	140.00–165.00	$155.28	$657	—
450–490	470	4	141.00–180.00	$161.60	$760	—
525–545	538	4	160.00–174.00	$167.95	$904	—
555–595	575	2	143.00–150.00	$146.38	$842	—
690	690	1	132.00	$132.00	$911	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	134.00	$134.00	$322	—
270	270	1	139.00	$139.00	$375	—
300	300	1	131.00	$131.00	$393	—
385–395	390	2	120.00–130.00	$124.94	$487	—
495	495	1	108.00	$108.00	$535	—
500–510	507	3	120.00–135.00	$125.03	$634	—
615	615	1	113.00	$113.00	$695	—
665	665	1	104.00	$104.00	$692	—
700	700	1	110.00	$110.00	$770	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
720–1055	857	85-90%	10	40.00–66.00	$57.78	$495	-17.70
510–1270	932	85-90%	39	67.00–90.00	$81.27	$757	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
745–1390	1151	80-85%	37	91.00–106.00	$97.08	$1,117	—
1195–1235	1215	80-85%	2	108.00–115.00	$111.56	$1,355	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1105–1745	1440	75-80%	18	88.00–99.00	$92.29	$1,329	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
820–1530	1175	2	90.00–96.00	$93.91	$1,103	—
900–2380	1412	19	104.00–122.00	$113.74	$1,606	—
1350–2330	1881	8	123.00–129.00	$125.90	$2,368	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
910–1090	1000	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	775.00–1,050.00	$924.88
1230	1230	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
920–990	955	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	825.00	$825.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
740	740	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,275.00	$1,275.00	+526.30

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1025	1025	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,500.00	$1,500.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
500	500	1	97.00	$97.00	$485	—

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.